Human remains found in North West Liberty County

Apr 12, 2013

At approximately 7:30 pm last evening, Thursday, April 11th,
the Sheriff’s Department received a call that “human remains” had been found
along a pipeline right of way located approximately 200 yards off CR 332 about
a half mile East of Hwy 59 in North West Liberty County. Capt. Don Neyland,
from the Criminal Investigation Division, along with his Investigators and
patrol division responded immediately to the scene and initiated a search of
the area. Acting on the information provided by the two men who were riding
four wheelers on the right of way area when they discovered the remains,
Investigators quickly recovered a human skull and smaller remains of an unknown
victim.

Due to darkness overtaking the scene, further searching was
suspended until 9:am this morning. A task force of eleven Investigators and
Deputies as well as the department’s crime scene unit returned and, once again,
began searching the right of way as well as surrounding wooded areas for
additional remains and/or evidence. At this writing, the searchers are still in
the search area and conducting further investigation.

While the scene search is continuing, the department is
checking its own records of missing persons to see if there are any matching
characteristics from prior cases. At a later date the recovered remains will be
sentto a lab for forensic
examination. Presently, there are no indications as to the sex, age or race of
the skeletal remains.

The investigation and search is still underway as of this
writing and, perhaps, further details will be available later today or
tomorrow.